Mr. C. Edward Eckert, Mrs. Hettie J. Eckert and Tau Beta Pi established the Tau Beta Pi, C. Norman Eckert Memorial Fund on January 18, 1982 to support deserving students in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. This fund honors the memory of C. Norman Eckert, who served as vice president of Maryland Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society.